A phone call service based upon sensing a hand-held state of a cellular phone is disclosed According to the present invention, a user may receive and terminate a call by holding or not holding the phone, thereby allowing the user to receive a more convenient phone call service.
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1. A method for providing a phone call service comprising: determining whether a phone is busy; determining whether a user is holding said phone if said phone is busy, and automatically closing an opened speech path when it is determined that the user is no longer holding said phone; and determining whether there is an incoming call if the phone is not determined to be busy, and determining whether a user is holding said phone if there is an incoming call and automatically opening a speech path if the user is holding said phone.
2. A method of claim 1, wherein determining whether a user is holding said phone by a sensor on said phone.
3. A method of claim 2, wherein determining whether a user is holding said phone if said sensor is toggled on.
4. A method of claim 2, wherein said sensor is at least one of a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a fingerprint sensor and/or a scanning beam interception sensor.
5. A method of claim 2, wherein said sensor is a combination of a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor.
6. An apparatus of claim 5, wherein said sensor senses whether a user is holding said phone either when there is an incoming call or when said phone is busy.
7. An apparatus of claim 6, wherein said sensor senses whether a user is holding said phone if said sensor is toggled on.
8. An apparatus of claim 6, wherein said CPU automatically opens a speech path if said sensor senses that the user is holding said phone when there is an incoming call.
9. An apparatus of claim 6, wherein said CPU automatically closes a speech path if said sensor senses that the user is no longer holding said phone when said phone is busy.
10. A method of claim 1, wherein said phone is one of a trunked radio system phone, a PCS phone, a cordless phone 2 generation or a cellular phone.
11. A phone comprising: a CPU processing received data and processing data to be transmitted; and a sensor connected to said CPU sensing whether a user is holding said phone and informing said CPU whether a user is holding said phone wherein the CPU opens/closes a speech path according to sensed data from said sensor.
12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein said sensor includes at least one of a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a fingerprint sensor and/or a scanning beam interception sensor.
13. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein said sensor is a combination of a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor.
14. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein said phone is one of a trunked radio system phone, a PCS phone, a cordless phone 2 generation or a cellular phone.
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July 29, 1999
December 11, 2001
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